Provisions in the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 coming into force from 25 June 2013

Source: The National Archives | | 23/05/2013

According to section 103, the following employment law provisions in the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 will come into force on 25 June 2013:

  • Composition of Employment Appeal Tribunal (section 12).
  • Dismissal for political opinions or affiliation: no qualifying period of employment needed (section 13).
  • Power by order to increase or decrease limit of unfair dismissal compensatory award (section 15).
  • Whistleblowing: disclosures not protected unless believed to be made in the public interest (section 17).
  • Whistleblowing: removal of good faith test and power to reduce compensation where disclosure not made in good faith (section 18).
  • Tribunal procedure: miscellaneous (section 21).
  • Indexation of amounts: timing and rounding (section 22).

Other employment provisions with later implementation dates are:

  • Settlement agreements and confidentiality of negotiations before termination of employment (likely summer 2013).
  • ACAS pre-claim conciliation (likely April 2014).
  • Power of employment tribunal to impose financial penalties on employers for aggravating behaviour (likely April 2014).
  • Decisions by legal officers (unknown implementation date).
  • Whistleblowing: vicarious liability for employer for worker subjected to detriment by co-worker (unknown implementation date).
  • Repeal of the third party harassment provisions in the Equality Act 2010 (unknown implementation date).
  • Abolition of the discrimination questionnaire procedure in the Equality Act 2010 (unknown implementation date).
  • Prohibition of caste discrimination (likely 2014/15).
 

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